Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.5.26

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]

House Voting Schedule

-- Adjourned to Sept. 28 - Call Of The House Speaker

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- Call Of The Senate President Pro Tempore

​​September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

Anything Can Happen: State Budget Marathon Continues!

July 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.  [Agenda includes update on State Water Plan]

July 8-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.

July 8-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered [Mining] Equipment Meeting. DEP New Stanton Office.  10:00 a.m.

July 9-- DCNR Delaware Canal State Park Advisory Committee meeting. Delaware Canal State Park, Bucks & Northampton Counties. 10:30 a.m.  Contact for Location: 610-982-5560 or ra-nrspdela@pa.gov. (formal notice)

July 10-- Telephonic. Public Utility Commission Hearing On PPL Condemnation Of 30 Properties For The Sugarloaf 500/230KV Transmission Line In Luzerne County To Serve Data Centers 10:00 a.m.

July 14-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov,  (717) 772-3277.  Read more here on agenda.

July 14--  Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar: Preview Of 2026 Watershed-Friendly Tree And Shrub Sale To Help You Choose Plants Confidently. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

July 15-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.

July 15-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On Private Water Supply Testing Packages Available From Penn State's Agricultural Analytical Services Lab. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

July 15-16-- In-Person. PA Sea Grant Aquaponics Educator Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie.

July 16--  In-Person. Penn State Extension Workshop  On Understanding PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Private Water Supplies. Uniontown, Fayette County. 1:00 p.m.

July 16-- In-Person. Powering America's Next 250 Years Energypath Conference Set For At Moravian University

-- 142 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - July 6  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN] 

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 6  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 27 to July 3: Shale Gas Driller Fails To Notify DEP Of Casing/Cement Failures; Pipeline Spill At Water Impoundment;  313 Conventional Abandoned Well Violations  [PaEN]  

 A.I. /Data Centers

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - July 6  [PaEN]

Storms/Power Outages

-- PennLive: July 4th Storms Pummel PA, Stories From A Chaotic Night

-- Morning Call: New Round Of Storms In Lehigh Valley Downs Trees, Cuts Power To Thousands

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 202,051 Households Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 263,261 Households Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- PPL Electric Power Outages: 125,398 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.            

-- PPL Electric Power Outages: 146,454 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- FirstEnergy Electric Power Outages: 52,992 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m.

-- FirstEnergy Electric Power Outages: 60,919 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m. 

-- PECO Electric Power Outages: 17,328 Customers Without Power - July 5 - 7:00 a.m. [Union Workers Currently On Strike] 

-- PECO Electric Power Outages: 45,469 Customers Without Power - July 4 - 9:45 p.m.  [Union Workers Currently On Strike]

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- July 5: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday, Now $3.95/Gallon - $.84/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Beaver County Average Price Still Highest at $4.42] 

-- July 5: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.80 Ohio- $3.61  PA- $3.95

-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98  Ohio- $2.79  PA- $3.11

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF: Thaddeus Stevens College In Lancaster Wins National Advanced Manufacturing Competition  

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Detectives Investigating Death Of Haitian Woman After Release By ICE

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[Posted: July 5, 2026]  PA Environment Digest